Seibou Surname
Approximately 7,381 people bear this surname
Seibou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benin | 5,060 | 1:2,043 | 249 |
| Niger | 1,077 | 1:17,820 | 1,152 |
| Togo | 840 | 1:8,628 | 2,051 |
| Cameroon | 339 | 1:61,266 | 7,839 |
| Ivory Coast | 30 | 1:769,041 | 20,891 |
| Burkina Faso | 12 | 1:1,529,342 | 12,810 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
The alternate forms: Seïbou (561), Seîbou (36) & Séïbou (1) are calculated separately.
Seibou (4,612) may also be a first name.
Seibou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Seibou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Seibou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻴﺒﻮ) is carried by more people in Benin than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Seïbou, Seîbou or Séïbou. Click here to see other potential spellings of Seibou.
How Common Is The Last Name Seibou? popularity and diffusion
Seibou is the 67,429th most commonly held last name globally, borne by around 1 in 987,339 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Seibou are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 80 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Seibou is also the 101,037th most commonly used first name worldwide, borne by 4,612 people.
The last name is most numerous in Benin, where it is carried by 5,060 people, or 1 in 2,043. In Benin Seibou is primarily concentrated in: Donga Department, where 64 percent reside, Alibori Department, where 16 percent reside and Borgou Department, where 8 percent reside. Other than Benin this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 15 percent reside and Togo, where 11 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Seibou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Seibou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻴﺒﻮ | sybw | 62.5 |
| ﺳﻴﺐ | syb | 25 |
| ﺳﻮﻳﺒﻮ | swybw | 12.5 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Seibou
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